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"I'm bored", said the crocodile to the centipede. "Here I am, in the only place in this wretched desert that has
any water left and there's no one around. I don't understand. Where is everybody? You are the first living creature I've seen for absolute ages. I'm so bored, that I have decided not to eat you. I'd much rather talk to you for a
while." "Oh, thanks, but no thanks," breezed the centipede and hurried away.
Two weeks passed, during which the crocodile didn't encounter another soul. Boredom and the pain of having been
snubbed began to make way to anger and frustration and on top of that he began to feel hungry. Then, one day out
of the blue, along came a desert rat. "I'm bored, said the crocodile, "I met a centipede a while ago and I told him I wouldn't eat him, because I wanted to talk to him, but he went away, which was very annoying. So, I am going to eat you instead." The big jaws of the crocodile snapped open, and before the desert rat could say no, he had
disappeared inside the crocodile's mouth. "Hm, I feel better now," the crocodile
thought, as he lay basking in the morning sun that day. But that day passed, and in the days that followed, the crocodile became more and more bored and frustrated, as he pondered over what fun he might have had, had he not eaten the desert rat. Besides he was beginning to feel a little paranoid because he
started to wonder whether somehow word had got round that he had eaten the desert rat and that's why no one wanted to come near.
Every day he would spend the morning warming himself in the sun and in the afternoon slide back into what was
left of his watering hole, by now a black, stinking, murky bed of mud. Where he
lived, it only rained once a year. When it rained, it rained a lot and what was
dry desert for most of the year, would turn into luscious grassland, and his watering hole would become part of
a river that wound it's way through the flat countryside. For a few weeks
the place would be teeming with life – and then of course there was the great
migration of wildebeest, his staple diet. But the rain was a long way away and
no one, it seemed came his way if they could help it at all.
One day the crocodile was so bored
that he decided, there was no point in doing anything at all, so he just lay
there, in the middle of the baking pool of mud. "What's the point even of breathing", he thought
and sighed a crocodile's sigh which sounds a bit like someone dropping a bag of marbles on the floor.
"That sounded like someone dropping a bag of marbles on the floor", a voice behind him chuckled. Stunned, the
crocodile lifted his head and saw a small, black and white bird, balancing
elegantly on a small rock at the edge of the water hole. "Have you eaten
recently? " the bird said after he had sharpened his beak on the smooth rock.
"What's it to you", the crocodile snapped.
"Obviously not, I can tell. I only asked,
because I was going to offer to clean your teeth for you. But if there's nothing
to clean...."
"I ate a desert rat about..oh I don't know, a long time ago. But anyway, I'm not that hungry yet, I ate a whole
buffalo last summer"
"A whole buffalo! I'm impressed!"
The crocodile was warming towards the bird.
"It's not a big deal", he said, trying to sound modest.
"You ate a whole wildebeest? On your own?"
"Of course I ate it on my own. Do you see anyone else around here?
I can assure you with absolute certainty, that
there is no one here except me, well, and you, at the moment."
"So, where are your brothers and sisters?"
"What brothers and sisters? I don't have any"
"Oh. You must be quite bored with no one around"
If crocodiles could kiss, the bird would at this point have received a big, wet, sloshy one, but as perfect as they
are, this is something they haven't learnt how to do yet, so instead, he sighed
again, this time with pleasure.
"Yes, yes, yes", he said emphasizing each yes with a vigorous nodding of his head.
"I cannot tell you, how bored I have been over these last few months. Bored to tears...Here I am, everyone
thinks I am perfect, I've even been on television, and everyone was really
impressed with me, but that was ages ago. What they seemed to admire in me most,
is that I only really need one big meal a year...I am efficient..That's what
they say. I say..they don't know how boring it makes my life..Can you imagine?
One meal a year. How often do you eat, eh? At least once a day! Am I right?
You're lucky. You've got things to do, places to go...My kind have survived
fires, floods, comets, ice ages, and for what? So that I should lie here, in my
stinking mud hole, with nothing to do, no one to talk to? It's just not fair!"
The bird nodded gravely. "Yes, I understand, of course. It is strange that you are alone here though, without any
of your family. You must have, or have had some family. Do you know what
happened to them?"
Crocodiles don't have a very good memory, which may be part of the reason why they have survived
for so long, but this is only supposition. And the crocodile found, he
simply couldn't remember, which made him miserable all over again.
"I don't know. Ok? All I know is, I'm here by myself as long as I
can remember, and I don't like it!"
"Of course you don't" said the bird reassuringly. I suggest you go to the CEA."
"CEA? What's that?"
The department for "Complaints and Enquiries for Animals"
"Never heard of them"
"They don't like to advertise themselves, for obvious reasons."
The crocodile looked puzzled.
"Otherwise everybody would complain. Even just for the hell of it."
"So, how did you you find out about them?"
"I get around." The bird clicked his beak mysteriously. "As a matter of fact, I complained to them
once."
"What about?"
Now it was the bird's turn to sigh, except his sigh sounded a bit like falling leaves.
"I wanted to change my name. I am often called...", and here the bird made a small pause, "I'm often called 'spur
winged plover',"..The crocodile burst out laughing, which sounded a bit like
someone trying to start a motorbike.
"..... and it has always irked me", the bird continued patiently. " I don't mind the 'spur winged', it's the 'plover' I
object to. It just sounds ridiculous and I don't feel it suits me. I just wanted
them to take the 'p' away, to make it into 'lover...". The bird fell silent.
"So," the crocodile said impatiently, after he had recovered, "what happened?"
"Request denied. It wasn't important enough."
"Spur winged plover...plover.." The crocodile made no secret of thinking it was a very funny name.
"You are proving my point" the bird said curtly. "But I've got used to it now. It's only a 'p', after all. Without
it, my life would be a totally different story of course.... But I guess I've learnt to live wit it."
"It's hardly as important as my complaint", said the crocodile coolly.
"No, I suppose it isn't. Well, on the surface..."
"So, how do I get in touch with the CEA..?" The crocodile was in no mood to get into a
discussion.
"Well, first of all, you have to write to them..."
"So, you have the address?"
"There is no address"
"No address? How can you...
"There is a post box"
"A post box?"
"Yes. There aren't many who know about it..."
"Is it far from here?"
"About two days flight from here"
"Oh, but that's far. And I can't fly. Will you take a letter for me?"
The bird shook his head. "No, I'm afraid, I can't"
"But why not?"
"It has to be posted in person. The way they look at it, if you can't be bothered to post it yourself, the complaint
can't be very important in the first place."
"But it's not my fault, that I live so far away"
"It doesn't matter. There are those who live even further away than you.
"Yes, but they can run fast, or they can fly..It's not fair!"
"Maybe not, but that's the way it is"
"But how will they know anyway? Surely you could just slip the letter in and nobody would be any wiser.."
"They will know, believe me."
The crocodile sighed. "But how will I get there? I need water, otherwise I get too hot in the heat..."
"I suppose you will have to wait for the rainy season"
"But that's at least another month away"
"It's not a long time"
"Long enough", the crocodile muttered. But he realised, that the bird was right. It was the only way. Once
the rain started, he could swim the up or down the river. There would also be
the herds of buffalo, and a good hearty meal before a long journey was surely
"Then stay with me until then""I can't. I need to find food. There is nothing around here."
"Then promise me you will come back" There was desperation in the crocodile's voice. "Promise me!"
"I'll do my best"
"No, that's not good enough. You have to come back. You have to!"
The bird sighed. "Alright. I promise you, I'll come back. You'd never find the post box without me, I suppose."
"And there's another thing".
"What's that?"
"I...I can't write
"You can't write?" The bird sounded genuinely surprised.
"How am I supposed to know how to write, when nobody taught me? You have to help me write the letter.
Please."
"We will write the letter together, when I come back. It won't take very long, because you are not allowed more than
ten words, anyway." The bird perched on the edge of the rock, ready to take off.
"Only ten words? But that's not enough...Where are you going?" the crocodile shouted after the bird who was
swooping up into the air.
"It will have to be. Think carefully what you want to say," the bird shouted back and then, suddenly,
turned into a shadow in the shimmering light of the

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Mayday Parade have announced a European co-headlining tour with The Wonder Years in early 2019. You can check out the dates below!
Mayday Parade VIP will be on sale at 10 AM local time on September 12.
General tickets will be on sale at 10 AM local time on September 14.


Harvinder Bedi is an internationally trained Melbourne orthopaedic surgeon. After completing a medical degree through the University of Melbourne in 1992, Harvinder underwent orthopaedic training in Victoria and, in 2002, was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Between 2004 and 2005, Harvinder Bedi undertook a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, UK, under Mr Paul Cooke - President of the British Foot Surgery Society.
This included particular training in arthroscopy and forefoot surgery such as the correction of bunions, as well as reconstructive surgery for arthritis and following trauma.
Between 2003 and 2005, Harvinder also recently complete a Master of Public Health degree through Monash University, with a particular interest in injury prevention. Currently, Harvinder also works at Box Hill Hospital where he is involved in the immediate and longer-term management of trauma.
Harvinder maintains a strong focus on research and the training of future local and international surgeons and is an examiner with the Royal College of Surgeons.
More recently, Harvinder has developed a special interest in Minimally Invasive Surgery. He was the first in Victoria to widely utilize these newer methods and has published, taught and presented extensively on this technique.
Harvinder has a public appointment at Box Hill Hospital (public hospital). For appointments at Box Hill Hospital please call them directly.


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The Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936 (also known as the Thomas-Rogers Act) is a United States federal law that extended the 1934 Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act to include those tribes within the boundaries of the state of Oklahoma.  The purpose of these acts were to rebuild Indian tribal societies, return land to the tribes, enable tribes to rebuild their governments, and emphasize Native culture.  These Acts were developed by John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1933 to 1945, who wanted to change federal Indian policy from the "twin evils" of allotment and assimilation, and support Indian self-government.

The Thomas-Rogers Act was adopted in order to enable Native American tribes in Oklahoma to rebuild governments that had been dissolved in order to prepare the territories for Oklahoma being admitted as a state in the Union in 1907.  As part of this effort also to encourage Native American assimilation, Indian land title was extinguished in Indian Territory by the break-up and allotment of communal lands. Under the Dawes and Curtis acts, the communal land of the former reservations in Oklahoma was:
 allotted to individual Indian Tribal members with 160 acres per household (too little in many areas to support subsistence farming because of poor conditions)
 held in trust by the United States for the benefit of tribal members.
What the government determined to be "surplus" was sold off or otherwise distributed, including to non-Natives, in a series of land runs.

In addition to surplus lands being sold, many Native Americans lost their allotments to speculators and unscrupulous businessmen. The Native Americans suffered major losses of land in Oklahoma. In addition, the disruption of their societies and cultures resulted in considerable breakdown of their worlds.

Major points of the act
 United States Secretary of the Interior is authorized to obtain good agricultural and grazing lands (including Indian lands) to be held in trust for the Indians.
 Land held by the United States is free from any and all taxes except Oklahoma Gross Production Tax from oil and gas produced from the land.
 Where Indian lands are sold, the Secretary of the Interior shall show preference to obtain those lands for the use by Native Americans.
 Any recognized tribe residing within Oklahoma may receive a charter of incorporation from the Secretary of Interior, and shall have the right to self-determination, including the right to make their own bylaws.
 Any group of 10 Tribal Members may receive a Charter of Cooperative Association (for specific purposes) from the Secretary of Interior; laws of the State of Oklahoma govern for those issues not covered by federal law or regulations issued by the Secretary.
 Act does not relate to Osage County, Oklahoma (does not affect the Osage Nation, which retained ownership of its own land)

As issues arose, Department of Interior officials sought the opinion of its Solicitor General about the effects of this legislation. This correspondence is part of the agency records. As the Five Civilized Tribes began to reorganize and set up new governments, the question arose as to whether they could change their membership rules, specifically, to exclude the Freedmen. Each of the tribes had been required under terms of new 1866 treaties to extend citizenship to their Freedmen. In 1941, the Solicitor General noted that Congress had approved the law that enabled tribes to reconstitute their governments and, by extension, enabled them to create new constitutions and rules. It said that the tribes could pass new constitutions with new membership rules that limited membership to persons of Indian descent.  While some of the tribes resisted providing Freedmen with full tribal benefits, they did not generally take action to exclude them as members until the late 20th century, at a time of increasing assertion of tribal sovereignty. Freedmen descendants have filed suit against the Cherokee and Creek tribes over such exclusion.

See also
Former Indian Reservations in Oklahoma

References

External links
Cherokee Observer
Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act
"Federal Indian Policy", National Archives & Records Administration Digital Classroom]

Native American history of Oklahoma
United States federal Native American legislation
Government of Oklahoma
1936 in Oklahoma
1936 in law
Acts of the 74th United States Congress

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UAE Ambassador to Mexico meets MORENA Party President.
The UAE Ambassador to Mexico, Ahmed Hatem Al Minhali, has met with Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz, President of the National Regeneration Movement, MORENA, at the Embassy headquarters in Mexico City.
During the meeting, Al Minhali relayed the UAE government's best wishes and success to the newly elected ruling party, led by President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, noting the UAE leadership's interest to enhance cooperation between the two countries further, and deepen relations between their governments and peoples.
The MORENA Party President expressed her thanks for the warm welcome, adding that the party is keen to cooperate with the UAE as one of the main partners in the Gulf, and the Middle East region.
The two sides reviewed bilateral relations and means to enhance them, particularly in the trade and investment, cultural and tourism sectors.


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'The Fervent Prayers of a Righteous People Can Availeth Much': Pence's Inspiring Words to Southern Baptists
Crystal Woodall
Vice President Mike Pence. (Image credit: CBN News)
Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Dallas Wednesday, praising the nearly 200-year-old denomination for its transformative spiritual impact on the nation.
"It's hard to believe that what began more than 170 years ago in First Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, has now become one of the greatest forces for good anywhere in America," the vice president said.
"The Southern Baptist Convention has always strived to reach the world for Christ and so you have throughout the decades," he continued. "I believe with all my heart that your faith has moved mountains."
Likewise, Pence claimed the Trump administration had also moved mountains because of its relentless commitment to preserving the Christian principals on which the nation was founded.
"It's the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to a president who's working every day to renew the greatness of this country," Pence declared.
"When you look at the progress we've made over the last 500 days at home and abroad – a stronger America, a stronger economy, a stronger commitment to the God-given liberties enshrined in our Constitution – I think there's only one way you can sum up this administration: 500 days of promises made and promises kept."
Pence also touted the president's accomplishments abroad, most notably the historic nuclear agreement with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
"The meeting that took place was direct and honest, provocative and productive," Pence said. "It resulted in a bold first step where North Korea's leader committed to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
One of the more moving moments of Pence's address is when he recalled the night he and the president welcomed home three American prisoners released by North Korea.
"One of them pulled out of his pocket a small index card. On the front of the card it read, 'Dear Mr. Vice President, we praise the Lord who has done great things for America and for us," Pence recounted.
"And then I flipped over the card and on the back, they'd transcribed portion of Psalm 126: 'When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with songs of joy,'" he said, drawing applause from the audience.
Still, Pence made it clear that despite all the accomplishments of the past 500 days, the nation still has a lot of work to do – work that would require resolve, courage, and prayer.
"While strong American leadership has accomplished much," he said, "the effective and fervent prayers of a righteous people can availeth much more, so let's all pray."
Some Baptists Didn't Like the Vice President Addressing the Convention
Some members of the church took to social media to give their opinions about Pence's appearance at the convention and his speech. And many weren't that congratulatory, calling the vice president's address "a campaign speech."
Trevin Wax, the director of Bibles & reference at LifeWay, wrote, "I know the SBC has welcomed politicians on occasion going back 45 years but has there ever been a full-blown campaign speech like this one? #SBC18 #SBCAM18"
I know the SBC has welcomed politicians on occasion going back 45 years, but has there ever been a full-blown campaign speech like this one? #SBC18 #SBCAM18
— Trevin Wax (@TrevinWax) June 13, 2018
Wax wasn't alone in his analysis. Beth Moore, Denny Burk, and Kyle Howard also agree in Wax's thread.
Burk, the professor of Biblical Studies at Boyce College, the undergraduate school of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. wrote, "This is a stump speech. Incredible."
Moore, the founder of Living Proof Ministries, replied to Wax's tweet with a simple "Yes."
Responding, Howard, a biblical counselor, wrote, "That bad, huh? Just landed in Atlanta, didn't stay for it. But I knew what it would be."
Another user, Graham Wells, replying to Wax's tweet, wrote: "I'm listening online ... this feels gross."
User Tizgame Monda replied to Wells, writing: "I'm sitting in the room and it feels the same.
However, not all the responses were negative about Pence's address.
A user identified as KenisPreaching responded: "Look at all the supposed leaders or pastors on here whining. Maybe focus more on sending out your people to preach the Gospel on the streets of America and worry less about our first born again VP and most pro-life president in history."
Another user by the name of Jenni Henry wrote: "It's a shame that the VP speech is the only thing Tweeted about regarding the SBC18. See what happens? You all swoop in and focus on the negative so completely. I want to hear about the good things that happened the past 2 days. Instead, you let 48 hours to be destroyed by 30 mins."
Jeremy Roberts also responded, "If you're offended that @VP is addressing #sbc18, you're simply too sensitive. The man loves God and our denomination. Be grateful for the second in command of the world's only superpower wanting to encourage us. The anti-politicians pendulum has swung too far."
Moment of Reckoning: New Southern Baptist Leader Tackles Diversity and #ChurchToo Sex Abuse
Exclusive Video: Vice President Pence Tells Pastors: 'Share The Gospel!'
Dinesh D'Souza's 'Death of a Nation' Movie to Appear in Theaters Aug. 3»
«'We're Teaching Children That Life Doesn't Matter': Actress Says Public Education Is Hurting Kids


Since digging through the large TT galleries here can be a drag, here are some of my favorite shots, for various reasons. I picked some because I just liked the look, and others because the rider is notable or is shown doing something that we mere mortals can only dream about. Some are captioned, explaining why I think the shot is special. For those not familiar with the TT, or who already follow racing and think that the TT is "just another race", I hope you'll reconsider. These men and women are a very different breed of racer, and the Isle of Man TT course is a very different type of track. Other racing, all of it, is like running around a bonfire in your shorts, and seeing how close you can get to the flames. The TT is like running THROUGH the bonfire, and doing four to six laps through it. Without shorts.


It took almost three quarters of a century, but one Sheriff in Alabama is finally speaking out against a 1939 law that allows for the state's 67 sheriffs to keep leftover money the state provides to each municipality for feeding inmates in local prisons.
Sheriff Mike Rainey reportedly received $295,294 from the local, state and federal governments to spend on food for the county's inmate population. But thanks to the old law, Rainey is entitled to pocket any money left over after he fulfills his responsibility of feeding his inmates.
It's not hard to imagine how such a system could lead to massive corruption. In 2009, former Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett was himself put behind bars after he admitted to keeping more than $200,000 from the prison's food budget while the inmates he oversaw were provided with inadequate food.
Remarkably, Bartlett may not have actually broken any laws, a point the Alabama Sheriffs Association made to defend Bartlett during his trial.
The Alabama legislature has tried to pass bills before repealing the 1939 law, most recently in 2009, but those bills have failed to advance to the Governor's desk.
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Yacht Reports Back
The best photos from the 2018 New Zealand Millennium Cup
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1 - The fleet The fleet
As the 2018 New Zealand Millennium Cup draws to a close in the Bay of Islands, we round up the best of the sailing action. This year's fleet saw six sailing superyachts line up on the start line, with the reigning champion Tawera (second from left) one of the pre-race favourites.
As the 2018 New Zealand Millennium Cup draws to a close in the Bay of Islands, we round up the best of the sailing action.
This year's fleet saw six sailing superyachts line up on the start line, with the reigning champion Tawera (second from left) one of the pre-race favourites.
2 - The scenery The scenery
One of the big draws of this particular regatta is the setting, with yachts threading their way through more than 140 sub-tropical islands. This stunning image from Day One shows how close the course comes to the dramatic New Zealand shoreline.
3 - The wildlife The wildlife
Dolphin sightings are not uncommon in the Bay of Islands, but the competitors in this year's New Zealand Millennium Cup were treated to one of the largest pods seen during the regatta's history, which dates back to 2000.
4 - The crew The crew
Sailing a superyacht in a regatta requires a great deal of co-ordination, not to mention hard work. This image, captured on Boat International Race Day (January 25) illustrates the crew spirit perfectly.
5 - The winners The winners
On Race Day Three (January 26), Millennium Cup newcomer Ammonite was confirmed as the overall winner with four wins out of six races. The 24.72 metre sloop-rigged sailing yacht was launched in 2016 by the Southern Wind Shipyard and assembled a crack crew for the regatta, including Olympic sailors Matt Belcher and Will Ryan.
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El Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel, Túnel Trans-Hudson Express o el Túnel Trans Hudson-Expreso (también conocido en inglés como THE Tunnel) fue proyecto para construir un túnel ferroviario que hubiese sido construido bajo el río Hudson, conectando a los estados de Nueva Jersey y Nueva York. Este nuevo túnel añadiría capacidad de transporte a los túneles existentes de dos vías bajo el río Hudson, y los túneles del Río del Norte, utilizados por Amtrak y el New Jersey Transit, que funcionan a casi toda capacidad. El 7 de octubre de 2010, el gobernador Christie ordenó que se cancelara la construcción del túnel, alegando que el estado no podía pagarlo debido al déficit estatal. Sin embargo, el siguiente día el gobernador aceptó que se estudiaran otras posibilidades para que el túnel pudiera construirse con otros fondos. El 27 de octubre de 2010, el Gobernador Christie hizo su decisión final para cancelar el proyecto.

El túnel incluiría:
 dos nuevas vías bajo el Río Hudson y el New Jersey Palisades
 una nueva estación de pasajeros de seis vías en la Calle 34 que conectaría la Estación Pennsylvania
 mejoras en Nueva Jersey para proveer viajes de un asiento a Midtown Manhattan para los usuarios del New Jersey Transit en la línea Raritan Valley (que pueden ser tomadas en la Estación Newark Penn), línea Main/línea del condado de Bergen y la línea Pascack Valley
 un patio de maniobras y almacenaje de trenes en Kearny, Nueva Jersey.

Estatus actual

La Administración Federal de Tránsito (FTA) anunció el 19 de julio de 2006, su decisión para que se iniciaran los planes de ingeniería y construcción del nuevo túnel trans-Hudson entre Nueva Jersey y Midtown Manhattan.  Los que apoyaban el proyecto, lo vieron de forma positiva que el gobierno federal ayudara a la financiación del proyecto.

Se espera que el proyecto inicie su construcción en 2009 y se complete en 2017.

Los usuarios que transitan entre Nueva Jersey y Midtown Manhattan se espera que aumenten a más de 100,000 pasajeros al día en 2015. El Gobernador de Nueva Jersey Jon Corzine dijo que quería que el túnel se iniciase en 2009.

Se espera que los coste preliminares del proyecto sean de $90 millones y se terminaría en 18 meses, y se completaran los planes para el alineamiento de las vías, para determinar donde construir el túnel que conectará al Amtrak y la Metropolitan Transportation Authority para disminuir las interrupciones de pasajeros durante la construcción, según oficiales. Otro componente principal del proyecto total es la creación de una nueva terminal para los pasajeros del ferrocarril de Nueva Jersey bajo la calle 34 en Manhattan, situado junto a la estación Penn.

Corzine se donó $500 millones de fondos estatales para todo el proyecto. Anthony Coscia, Presidente de la Autoridad Portuaria de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey y uno de los principales proponentes del proyecto, ha dicho que quiere que la agencia se comprometa a ofrecer más de $ 2 mil millones al eventual coste del nuevo túnel. En su décimo año en el mes de diciembre de 2006 desde que se hizo la presentación de financiación de capital, la Autoridad Portuaria incluyó $ 2 millones para el nuevo proyecto del túnel transversal de Hudson.

El 8 de agosto de 2006, el Comité de Directores del NJ Transit otorgó $82.5 millones en un contrato para el coste inicial de ingeniería para el nuevo túnel Hudson.

El 13 de diciembre de 2006, el NJ Transit escogió la empresa de gestión de construcción para el Túnel Trans-Hudson Expreso, conocido como CM Consortium, un acuerdo de inversión conjunta de Tishman, Parsons Corp. y Arup, para llevar a cabo la construcción de servicios de gestión para el proyecto. El coste actual del proyecto ronda los $7.2 mil millones.

El 18 de enero de 2007, la Administración Federal de Tránsito aprobó la Declaración de Impacto Ambiental para el túnel del trans-Hudson.  La aprobación permitirá que la Autoridad Portuaria conduzca las Port Authority lleve a cabo audiencias públicas sobre la propuesta del túnel.

Acceso al centro de la Región

El proyecto también es llamado Access to the Region's Core o Acceso al Centro de la Región. La construcción estaba programada para comenzar a principios de 2009 y continuaría hasta 2017, sin embargo, fue cancelada en 2010. Un túnel entre la estación Frank R. Lautenberg en Secaucus, Nueva Jersey y Manhattan hubiesen sido conectadas por 14 líneas subterráneas, y al PATH, Amtrak, New Jersey Transit y los trenes del Ferrocarril de Long Island.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Access to the Region's Core Página oficial
 New Jersey Transit Press Release:Reactivation of Northern Branch Rail Line Moves Forward 8 de junio de 2005
 Support announced for new tunnel, 21 de febrero de 2006

Túneles de la Ciudad de Nueva York
Túneles de Nueva Jersey
Transporte de Nueva Jersey
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Using a strange font that makes it look like 3ARE on the door, and being based in the gay district, I had assumed the place was called BARE at first. However, after carefully inspecting the typography I noticed the bottom of the 3 did not actually curl. Rare it is then. Sounds like they do meat.
They boast impressive opening hours, not closing until 8am on weekends. Lunch is served 12-4 and dinner 6-10. Supper is available too. Their dishes are interesting but the selection is limited. They only have one steak on their lunch menu and it is £26.
I opt for the rather more conservative hot pulled pork sandwich. The coleslaw tastes home-made and adds a lot to the flavour but also makes for a messy experience. The chips are triple-cooked and taste fine. In the end, it is rather pricey but offers something a little out of the norm.
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The Estate Management and Business Development Company Limited is presently overseeing two quarries located at the Esperanza Estate which was formerly managed Caroni (1975) Limited. The operating quarries are located at Coco Road and Windsor Park .
The stone quarry is located in the Guaracara area of Williamsville. Over the years, contractors shortened the name to "Waraca" and thus the yellow stone mined here is commonly referred to as 'Waraca stone" by everyone in the construction industry. The sand quarries supply backfill material and red sand for plastering. The Guaracara yellow stone is mostly used as a sub base for road construction.


France Football report that he has been in negotiations with Milan for weeks, and an agreement has almost been reached to replace Gennaro Gattuso as coach.
The report claimed that the team owners are the ones who are pushing for Wenger to be at the helm and that intense talks have been going on for the past weeks.
The Frenchman would also have been working closely with Rossoneri sporting director Leonardo, according to the report, however the long-serving ex-Gunners gaffer has moved to quash the rumours.
However, talking to beIN SPORTS, Wenger dismissed the rumours out of hand. I don't want to lie and that's why I can't give you any information. "I am well rested and ready to work again".
The 69-year-old has been linked with multiple prestigious clubs in both a coaching and directing capacity, including Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain.
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Craig Prier and Rae Manson established Prier Manson Real Estate in 2001 with a focus on the hillside and coastal suburbs of Christchurch. Over the ensuing years they have created a team of real estate experts who are renowned for their depth of understanding and intimate knowledge of this specialist real estate market.
2010 saw the opening of a sub-branch in London St, Lyttelton and previous to that, in 2008 they opened an office in Opawa to service the surrounding hill and river suburbs. As a result of the February 22nd earthquake, this modern, high profile building had become the head office for both the Sales and Property Management division of this award winning company. The enforced closure of our Sumner and Redcliffs offices meant that Opawa had become a complete one stop shop.
On the 17th of November 2014 Rae and Craig opened their brand new state of the art office in Ferrymead. This office brings the company back in touch with their core market area. It is sited overlooking the estuary which fits so well with their mantra "He sells, she sells by the sea, sure !" The staff thoroughly enjoy the connection with their clients who are shopping and socialising right on the doorstep of this new office .
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SCHAPIRO'S
120 Rivington Street
Back in the old days when being a locavore was the norm because everything from afar was considered a luxury. It's funny how these days, we've switched the roles. Local products are the luxury that you pay a premium to get while things from as far away as possible are what's cheap. Well, before there was Schapiro's the gastropub, there was Schapiro's the Manhattan winery, providing libations to New York's lower east side. Contrary to popular belief, Schapiro's was not a deli. Still, while the food has a definite Jewish influence, it's not Kosher... unless shrimp suddenly got rabbinical approval. And that's a good thing because there's nothing quite so disappointing as a bacon cheeseburger without bacon or cheese. Myna and I met each other there, in the East Village, for dinner and drinks after a long day of doing whatever it was I was doing that day.
When we arrived, Schapiro's was quiet. We were early. The crowd was soon to come and the interior can be tight. If you have a bag, it will likely get tripped on. That aside, Schapiro's has an energy. It's not super loud and you can have a decent conversation without screaming but you won't feel like other patrons can easily follow your every word. The decor is very prototypical gastropub. If you've been to Char No. 4 or Rebar or Freemans or any of their ilk, then you know what I mean. Schapiro's isn't breaking any new ground, but that's fine. I like those restaurants.
My appetizer was the Bone Marrow with escargot and rye toast served in the split beef bone. Escargot, done right, can be fantastic and can burst with flavor. Done poorly and it feels like you're eating fat. Although, now that I think about it, some people love eating fat. In any even, it's an acquired taste and an acquired texture and it's not much of a surprise that it hasn't caught on to the same level as the mozzarella stick. Myna didn't much care for it, but I thought that Schapiro's version was good (but not as good as M. Wells') and the escargot didn't add anything. Myna ordered the Warm Artichoke Salad, served with Parmesan over lemon. Having just only the previous night ordered an artichoke appetizer that was like chewing into shoe leather, she was hesitant to jump right back into that particular pool, but she was glad she did. Unlike the tough and stringy appetizer from a restaurant that good taste precludes mentioning, this one was soft and tender, the way that artichoke is supposed to be.
Myna's entree was the weakest dish of the night. She ordered the Sesame Veal Schnitzel with mashed potato and coleslaw, a nice traditional dish. I don't order veal mostly for reasons of not wanting to eat tortured food, but even so, this schnitzel was like kicking the calf while it was down. If veal is all about getting the most tenderness for your buck, the meat here was dry and bland. It might as well have been overcooked chicken. On the upside, they give a lot of it so Myna took the rest to work for lunch the next day. As for the sides, the mashed potato was good but the teeny bit of cole slaw was nothing to write home about. My Grilled Lamb Chops, served over a mixed vegetable assortment of grilled fennel, tomato, and zucchini was better. The lamb was very flavorful, and who doesn't like grilled vegetables? I only wish that it was larger. Unfortunately, lamb chops are more bone than meat and zucchini isn't exactly the most filling thing in creation.
When dessert time came, we ordered an Apple Cobbler (?) type dish that I forget the name of. It came with a dollop of what I thought was creme fraiche, but was actually a type of yogurt. It was okay. I think I'd have preferred a slice of cheesecake or something. Myna liked it more than I did but maybe I wasn't in the mood. Honestly, I don't have any good reason for my apathy.
At the end of it all, we liked Schapiro's. We'd return. It's a bit pricey, but no more so than the other restaurants in its vein. The atmosphere was where it really shined and the cocktails were very good. These days, if you can't mix a cocktail worth a damn, and you want to have a restaurant, you probably stick to running a diner. I'd be first in line to come back with friends, plop down in a booth at the back, order some drinks and snack it up for a couple of hours. Also, I want to try their matzo ball soup.
Two appetizers, two entrees, one dessert, coffees, four cocktails, tax, and tip totaled $174.
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Tags: $$$, American, Eastern European, Lower East Side, Manhattan
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The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada and MLA Scott Johnston announced the Manitoba Aerospace Fund (MAF) on October 10, 2018. Western Economic Diversification Canada and the Province of Manitoba collaboratively developed MAF to support the business productivity and growth of Manitoba Aerospace SMEs.
MAF is a $1.6M fund available to qualifying SMEs in support of projects that will create economic growth, including the creation/maintenance of jobs and higher export revenues.
The Composites Innovation Centre is responsible for delivering and managing MAF. The MAF Program Management Committee will review the recommended projects and make the final funding decisions.
The program is primarily intended to support companies in the aerospace industry engaged in the design and/or manufacturing of aerospace parts and components (including supplemental modifications), maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft and or parts and components. Consideration will be given to companies in the aviation sector.
Project funding will be provided to for-profit SMEs on a non-repayable basis over one fiscal year from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. Project activities can run from April 1, 2019 through to December 31, 2020.
Is incremental – project activities that are additional to the SME's current operations or activities in MB.
All interested applicants must submit their proposals to the CIC via e-mail by February 1, 2019.
Once the call for proposals ends, the MAF Program Management Committee will review the eligible proposals and select the final projects to receive funding.
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Home Movie Review Sweetwater (2013) Directed by Logan Miller
Sweetwater (2013) Directed by Logan Miller
Posted by: Frank Veenstra Posted date: 5:31 AM / comment : 0
Can't believe some people actually genuinely enjoy this movie. It in my opinion is a very poor new age western, that's neither realistic or entertaining enough.
It just can't ever seem to make up its mind about what it's trying to be. Is it supposed to be a gritty, bleak, realistic western or is it simply trying to be an entertaining one, with lots of exaggerated moments and characters in it? The movie is a bit of both really but unfortunately it's a combination that doesn't work out that very well. It's hard to take this movie seriously because of its over-the-top characters and it's hard to take this movie as entertainment, due to its slow pace and way of storytelling.
Yes I know, westerns are supposed to be somewhat slower movies but this movie just never has a pleasant pace to it. It's really due to its weak writing and poor dialog as well. It never becomes a very interesting or very engaging movie to watch because of this. It also doesn't help that all of the characters are very cartoon-like, both in the way they behave and look like.
You perhaps won't even recognize Ed Harris at first. He sure loves doing westerns it seems and it's too bad for him he wasn't born 20 years earlier. That way he may have actually been able to star in some pretty decent old school westerns, for all of the new age westerns he has appeared in so far are pretty terrible. Not really his fault of course but most modern westerns just don't work out, due to the fact that they try to recreate a genre, with a very specific style, that just doesn't lend itself too well to the more modern day techniques and ways of film-making.
Even more over-the-top than Harris is Jason Isaacs, as the movie its main villain. It never really bothered me until now but this movie had me thinking; religious nuts as crazy evil villains are really becoming one of the oldest and cheapest clichés in the book, in my opinion. He's over-the-top evil, which may work within a Harry Potter movie so to speak but it doesn't really suit the western genre. It's too much and unfortunately not in a very entertaining or enjoyable way either even though Isaacs normally is always great and enjoyable, as any type of villain.
But the worst character without a doubt is still the January Jones one. And yes, this is really mostly due to January Jones herself it seems. She just isn't convincing at all as a tough, vengeful woman. It's really due to the fact that she doesn't ever display any emotions. She never seems in fear, even though she obviously gets into some very dangerous situations and she never seems sad, even though some very sad and dramatic things happen to her. It all would have been fine if she was playing a terminator but she's playing a real human character here and not only that; she's the main character and the one we are supposed to sympathize with the most.
The story is not only a 'slow' and mostly uninteresting one, it's also far too predictable. Absolutely nothing in this movie comes as a surprise and it pretty much is a movie by the numbers, except for its ending maybe, which however isn't a good ending at all!
The movie is still a pretty decent looking one, though not quite as atmospheric and bleak as a western should be like in my opinion. The action also comes across as weak and is also part of the reason why the movie never feels like a realistic, tense or engaging enough one.
So maybe it's not the worst new age western that I have ever seen but it surely still is one weak and mostly ineffective one.


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As both of these IPs appear more than 10 times and are in the root / directory when the command runs the following should be added to /etc/nginx/conf.d/includes-optional/deny.conf
deny 1.1.1.1;
deny 2.2.2.2;

This also has to work with IPv6 addresses

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February 29, 2012 · 11:18 AM
They've got nobody to blame but themselves.
If you want to understand what's really behind playoff angst, look no further than Brian Cook's short and sweet explanation. Money (see what I did there?) part:
The BCS moved off broadcast to cable. But when paired with declining interest, the cavern between postseason formats screams "grit your teeth and do something literally everyone else wants."
Gee, who would have figured that a almost total sell out to ESPN of the postseason would have advertisers spending less money? I mean, why would anybody expect that having fewer games as national broadcasts might impact viewership and advertising?
So now the same guys who drove the car into the ditch are going to be the ones to pull 'er out and save the day. Yeah, I feel better already.
This is why I find Stewart Mandel's wide-eyed disillusion over Larry Scott's plus-one proposal so amusing.
… No system will be without controversy. Had a four-team playoff with no restrictions been in place last season, one could have argued for as many as eight similarly bunched one- or two-loss teams for the fourth spot. Had there been a conference-champion requirement, there would only have been eight teams eligible for that final spot — and one would have been 8-4 Louisiana Tech.
That doesn't make sense either.
It's unknown at this point how many other key decision-makers share Scott's opinion. (We know at least one who doesn't: Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick, whose independent school holds a seat at the table alongside the 11 conferences.) But they'll discuss this angle extensively, and it's easy to see why they'd find it attractive. The commissioners represent their conferences first and foremost, and the more the bids are dispersed, the more their member schools stand to benefit.
But a conference champion restriction runs antithetical to two other key issues BCS leaders are currently addressing. For one, they're already trying to disentangle themselves from the BCS' longstanding AQ/non-AQ conference structure, primarily because it shoehorns undeserving teams into some of the most coveted bowl spots. This would possibly do the same thing, only with greater implications.
Meanwhile, Bill Hancock and Co. have repeatedly expressed concern about "bracket creep," i.e., the inevitability that a four-team playoff will produce pressure to expand to eight, then 16.
Well, there's one surefire way to make that happen: Stage a four-team playoff that includes the nation's 10th-best team.
What Mandel fails to grasp is that any format these people pitch is going to fall apart in the same way, because they've adopted such an amorphous goal behind their designs. Once you get past trying to redress the truly grievous shortcomings we've seen now and then in the BCS, like Auburn 2004, it's all nothing more than a bunch of tradeoffs that are bound to leave plenty of folks dissatisfied. And when you're talking about the kind of money that's involved here, that only means more tinkering.
Add in what appears to be another goal of Scott here – to make sure that the SEC doesn't crowd out the other big conferences at the plus-one table – and you've got a recipe for bracket creep stew. It's weird that the Rematch may turn out to be the straw that broke the camel's back when it comes to the D-1 postseason, but more and more that's what it looks like.
Of course, the irony is that if we get something like what Scott has in mind, the possibility of excluding an Alabama from a future semi-final game to include a clearly inferior conference champ will have these same people going back to the drawing board.
Don't forget that Scott is considered to be one of the sharpest minds in college athletics.
UPDATE: Hey! Now there's a kindler, gentler euphemism for "bracket creep".
There will be 124 teams in the FCS this season. The Ivy League and Southwestern Athletic Conference don't send their champions to the playoffs, but the Pioneer League desperately wants an automatic bid for its champion, and Emmert seems to realize the league has been getting the shaft while 10 other conferences claim one. Bracket expansion would send the PFL champ to the playoffs as well as increase the number of at-large bids from 10 to 13.
Po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe. It's still going to 24 in another year.
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, ESPN Is The Devil, It's Just Bidness
Tagged as Plus-one
More on this year's Crime of the Century
I wouldn't have arrested her for stealing the hash browns, but I might have done so for this:
… The police report also stated that Shultis removed the hashbrowns from her pants and tried to put them back on the food counter when she realized she'd been spotted.
Eww. Bad form, girl.
Filed under Crime and Punishment
Manifest destiny: the SEC's new TV deal
One thing to consider as you scratch your head, shake your fist, pound the table, shrug your shoulders or whatever else you might do in response to the SEC's grand poobahs' struggle with what to do about conference scheduling is that these guys genuinely believe themselves to be the cat's meow as marketers.
That's what the numbers tell them, anyway.
According to Nielsen, the SEC was far and away the most watched conference in college football last fall.
The league averaged a shade under 4.5 million viewers per telecast. That figure was about 1.2 million more than the next-highest conference, the Big Ten with almost 3.3 million per telecast. Believe it or not, the third-highest conference was the ACC with 2.65 million viewers per telecast. The Big 12 was fourth with 2.3 million per telecast, the Pac-12 was fifth with 2.1 million per telecast, and the Big East was sixth with 1.9 million per telecast.
You draw 50% more viewership than your closest competitor, that can give you the big head. And there's no question that SEC football has a special cachet that translates handsomely into the bottom line. Just ask Texas A&M.
But there's something else to keep in mind, too. The conference which draws the most eyeballs by a wide margin has only the third best broadcast deal as compensation for that. In other words, while these guys may see themselves as geniuses, reality suggests they're far from infallible.
So when Seth Emerson writes,
The ACC and the Pac-12 went to nine games because in part there are more teams in those leagues that can give up a home guarantee game. The likes of Duke, Wake Forest, Maryland, Utah and Washington State aren't selling out every home game. But SEC teams can schedule almost anybody and fill up their stadium…
I think that's both accurate on his part and shortsighted on the part of those he's writing about. For one thing, there's no way anybody knows today what the impact over the next few years will be on, say, the Georgia fan base, if the Auburn game is replaced with a home game against a steady stream of cupcake schools. (Home schedules like this year's aren't exactly endearing Greg McGarity to the people making Hartman Fund contributions and buying season tickets.)
For another, besides the reason Emerson mentions, those other conferences adding a ninth game are doing so because it makes good business sense to enhance their broadcast product. The SEC has already guessed wrong on TV, a mistake it's trying to fix through conference expansion. It could be wrong again. Maybe we SEC folks are fanatical enough to watch Arkansas play a Sun Belt school instead of a good Pac-12 conference matchup, but is the typical college football fan?
I don't know. And it's fair to say that once Slive gets the new TV deals in place, the conference won't care for a while. It's natural to rest after a big kill. But if there is attrition down the road, if the moves that are made this summer dim fan enthusiasm and impact revenues – which is what these guys ultimately care about – will they be able to get the genie back in the bottle by making corrections?
My heart says that may be difficult because they're not as smart as they think they are. But my head says we should never underestimate the American sports fan's willingness to get dumped on by the people in charge and come back for more. It's how we're wired. They count on that. So don't get your hopes up with what they're getting ready to do.
Filed under It's Just Bidness, SEC Football
The spread is what happens when spring practice isn't man enough.
Chris Brown links to this fascinating history of spring football by Sports Illustrated. There's a quote from Bobby Bowden that caught my eye. It's about one major development which occurred in the wake of the practice restrictions the NCAA put in place in the late '90s:
… The limit on the number of full-contact days unintentionally helped bring about an offensive revolution. With power-running programs unable to practice as they had before, coaches put players in pads and shorts and spread them across the field, working on one-on-one drills and operating in space. The result: a proliferation of the spread offense, run in some form by dozens of teams.
"You can coach the spread all year round," says Bowden. "That rule of limiting contact in spring practice absolutely led to a shift in what offenses you see in college football today."
Honestly, that never occurred to me before, but I can see a certain logic to it. What do y'all think about that?
(By the way, the answer to Chris' question in his header is "because we can". Just sayin'.)
Filed under Strategery And Mechanics
Saban goes all in on multi-year scholarships.
And I mean all in.
"We're going to offer four-year scholarships," Saban said. "Our whole conference is going to do it, all the schools, I think.
"And we're happy to do it."
My first thought upon reading that was the marketplace has spoken. Saban's been getting negative feedback on the recruiting trail about his recruiting practices and that, combined with Auburn's embrace of multi-year scholarships, left him little choice but to follow suit.
My second thought is that he's already two steps ahead of everyone else in figuring out how to game the system.
… However, Saban said he has "no problem" with multiyear scholarships because "they aren't that big of a change."
"Most of the conditions are still the same," he says. "The player will still have to be academically eligible. He will still have to obey team rules and regulations. And the player is still going to have the same rights and the same appeals process that he has now."
Saban's stand goes against speculation that Alabama — which has had high attrition rates in recent offseasons — would be a holdout in the move to multiyear scholarships because it would make it more difficult to "cut" players.
"We don't cut players," Saban said. "I don't know anyone who does. So I don't think that's an issue."
In his mind, it probably isn't.
My third thought is that the first time he uses this to negatively recruit against SOD and Spurrier, it's going to be priceless.
UPDATE: Michael Felder mulls this over.
Filed under Nick Saban Rules, Recruiting


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David J. Helfand, a faculty member at Columbia University for forty years, has served nearly half of that time as Chair of the Department of Astronomy. He is the author of nearly 200 scientific publications and has mentored 22 PhD students, but most of his pedagogical efforts have been aimed at teaching science to non-science majors. He instituted the first change in Columbia's Core Curriculum in 50 years by introducing science to all first-year students. In 2005, he joined an effort to create Canada's first independent, non-profit, secular university, Quest University Canada where served as President & Vice-Chancellor from 2008-2015. He also recently completed a four-year term as President of the American Astronomical Society. His first book, "A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age" appeared last year.
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Selena Gomez Did NOT Say She'll Be 'Single For Life' After Justin Bieber Engagement, Despite Report
By Andrew Shuster	| 4:46 pm, July 10, 2018
Selena Gomez did not say she'll be "single for the rest of her life" in response to Justin Bieber getting engaged to Hailey Baldwin, despite a misleading and inaccurate report. Gossip Cop can set the record straight. A blog is simply using the singer's words completely out of context.
On Tuesday, BuzzFeed released an interview with the cast of Hotel Transylvania 3 in which they played a game of "Would You Rather." One of the questions stated, "Would you rather find out the love of your life is a vampire who needs to drink a gallon of your blood every night to survive, or be single for the rest of your life?" Gomez answered with a laugh, "I think I'm gonna be single for the rest of my life."
The actual interview took place during a press day event for Hotel Transylvania 3 back in April. BuzzFeed tells Gossip Cop it was shot on April 11 to be exact. The video was only put online this week because the animated movie hits theaters Friday. HollywoodLife, however, is making the absurd claim that Gomez's comment was in reaction to Bieber's engagement news. "Selena Gomez Confesses She'll Be 'Single For The Rest Of Her Life' After JB's Engagement," reads a new headline on the site.
The unreliable outlet maintains that Gomez was asked "a relationship question amidst her ex's recent engagement news," but the footage was shot months ago. Still, the blog writes, "What to do when your ex gets engaged? Well, Selena Gomez just deemed herself 'single for life.'" Not only did the singer make the comment well before Bieber's engagement, but the blog is also using the quote ridiculously out of context.
While playing a game, Gomez was given the options of being "single for life" or settling down with a vampire who has to "drink a gallon of your blood every night to survive." She chose the first scenario. HollwoodLies, as it's been nicknamed, is trying to make it seem as if Gomez gave that answer after being asked about Bieber's engagement. The only story here is that the singer played a game of "Would You Rather" while promoting Hotel Transylvania 3. The site's attempt to arbitrarily link the interview to her ex is just ludicrous.
As Gossip Cop frequently points out, this story is coming from the same blog that Gomez called "the worst" in a 2015 interview with Billboard. Considering that the blog took a game the singer played while promoting a movie and twisted it into an article about her ex's engagement, it's easy to see why she feels that way.
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"Selena Gomez And The Cast Of 'Hotel Transylvania 3' Play Monster Would You Rather." BuzzFeed. 10 Jul. 2018.
"Selena Gomez & Andy Samberg Join Co-Stars at 'Hotel Transylvania 3' Photo Call." Just Jared. 11 Apr. 2018.
Martins, Chris. "Selena Gomez on Her New Chapter -- 'I've Deserved This. I Earned it. This Is All Me'." Billboard, 8 Oct. 2015.
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Q: how to store the multiple values in a mysql user defined variable How can i store the multiple values in a mysql user defined variable
In general ,
select @a:=color from tabex;

where tabex is as follows
mysql> select * from tabex;

+----+----------+-------+-----------+
| id | personid | color | color_set |
+----+----------+-------+-----------+
|  1 |        1 | red   | red,white |
|  2 |        1 | white | red,white |
|  3 |        2 | blue  | NULL      |
|  4 |        2 | red   | NULL      |
+----+----------+-------+-----------+

then after if i perform the query
mysql> select @a;

+------+
| @a   |
+------+
| red  |
+------+

i am getting the above result ,  but actually i want the following result
+-------+
|  @a   |
+-------+
| red   |
| white |
| blue  |
| red   |
+-------+

can you please any body tell me , is this possible or not in mysql .
simply my question is how to store the multiple values in mysql user defined variables

A: You can use the following sentence to get all results as a string
select GROUP_CONCAT(color) from tabex;

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Lawmaker Suggests Arming Teachers
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There is a dispute over whether voters in former Congressman Mark Foley's district will see signs or notice s telling them that he is no longer the candidate — that Joe Negron is running in his place. Foley's name still appears on the ballots because they had already been printed when he resigned. The state Division of Elections says it is OK to place a notice about Negron in each booth.
But the head of Florida's Democratic party says state laws prohibit any signs at polling places. A spokeswoman for the state contends such notices have been used in the past when a candidate has been replaced after ballots were printed. That will be a problem on absentee ballots too, but election supervisors in Foley's district decided not to send any sort of notice when those ballots are mailed.
Coming To a Theater Near You?
Two major movie theater chains are refusing to show a film dramatizing the fictional assassination of President Bush. Cinemark USA and Regal Entertainment Group are both passing on "Death of a President."
Regal CEO Mike Campbell says, "We feel it is inappropriate to portray the future assassination of a sitting president, regardless of political affiliation." But the film's distributor says it is having no trouble booking the movie and claims that it will open October 27th in several hundred locations.
Packing Heat
There have been several deadly shootings at schools this fall, including one in Wisconsin last week. Now, a Wisconsin state lawmaker says he has a solution: let teachers, principals and other school personnel carry concealed weapons.
Republican Frank Lasee cites similar practices in Thailand and Israel as being effective. He would insist that anyone carrying weapons first get strict training.
But he faces two obstacles: First, of course, he'll have to figure out a way around a federal law prohibiting weapons on school grounds. And second, some school officials oppose the plan.
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Snow asked White House lawyers to contact the company to stop them, saying, "you don't have the White House Press Secretary flacking siding." But the company that ran the ad insists it has the rights to the commercial.
—FOX News Channel's Aaron Bruns contributed to this report.


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Greece: Full scale of surveillance on journalists must be unearthed
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MFRR partners back calls for the testing of mobile devices belonging to journalists in Greece who suspect they may have been targets of surveillance. The recent scandals require full transparency and accountability, and have underscored deepening concerns about the erosion of media freedom under the New Democracy government
The partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today back calls for the testing of mobile devices belonging to journalists in Greece who suspect they may have been targets of intrusive spyware or other advanced surveillance.
The recent scandals regarding spyware attacks and wiretapping of journalists require full transparency and accountability, and have underscored deepening concerns about the erosion of media freedom under the New Democracy government.
So far it has been revealed that in summer 2021 financial journalist Thanasis Koukakis had his phone hacked using a spyware tool called Predator. He was also separately wiretapped by the Greek security services under obscure "national security" grounds. There is also evidence that Stavros Malichudis , an investigative journalist for Solomon covering refugees and migration, was also surveilled by intelligence bodies in 2021.
Both cases represent major violations of journalists' privacy, journalistic source protection and press freedom. In neither case has accountability been reached or the full truth revealed. Our organisations share concerns that these cases could potentially represent the tip of the iceberg of deeper surveillance of Greek journalists by state and private actors.
In late September, Greek journalists and foreign correspondents issued an appeal to the European Parliament for funding and facilities to test their mobile devices for traces of surveillance. Currently, the EU's internal cyber-security mechanisms only have a mandate for testing the devices of MEPs and other EU officials.
As spyware and other advanced surveillance technologies become more prevalent across Europe in the coming years, the threat to democracy and civil rights will likewise increase. Already, multiple EU Member States - including Hungary - have abused these technologies to target journalists, activists and other members of civil society. In addition to tougher regulation, mechanisms must urgently be put in place to ensure that flagrant abuses of these cyber weapons against the media and others are swiftly identified and addressed.
Our organisations therefore support calls for the provision of funding from the European Union to help facilitate the testing of devices of journalists and other members of civil society in EU states where private forensic testing facilities are not available domestically, or where national authorities are unable or unwilling to help. This would give citizens and journalists, including those in Greece, a powerful tool to seek redress, help identify abusers of the technology and understand how deep the iceberg goes.
In addition to increased testing, additional steps must also be taken at the EU level to ensure that others do not join Greek journalists as victims of illegal surveillance. The European Commission's recently launched European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) correctly recognises the recent evolution of surveillance threats and includes specific rules about the use of spyware against media, journalists and their families.
However, under the EMFA, Member States would retain exemptions that permit the surveillance of journalists using spyware without the need for prior judicial review in cases which involve threats to national security or other serious crimes investigations. This complete lack of legal oversight for use of military-grade spyware is highly problematic and leaves the door wide open to further abuses.
The fact that Thanasis Koukakis, a financial and banking journalist, and Stavros Malichudis, who was writing about a Syrian boy's art prize at the time, were both wiretapped under "national security" justifications, offers worrying examples of how these exemptions are open to abuse by governments and intelligence agencies to spy on legitimate journalistic work. Article 4 of the EMFA must therefore be significantly strengthened if it wants to achieve real protection for journalists and their sources.
Moving forward, we also urge the European Parliament's PEGA Committee of Inquiry to propose strong recommendations for tougher regulation on the sale, trade and use of these kinds of intrusive surveillance weapons inside and outside the European Union, and for far greater transparency from state institutions.
If and when additional infections are identified, both the surveillance-for-hire companies that market these tools, and any actors, including state intelligence or law enforcement bodies, who unjustifiably deploy them against journalists must be held accountable for these grave violations of fundamental rights.
Our organisations will continue to closely monitor the situation regarding media freedom in Greece and document all future attacks on journalists.
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International Press Institute (IPI)
OBC Transeuropa (OBCT)
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Built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, Haifa has a history dating back to Biblical times. Today, the city is a major seaport located on Israel's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa. It is located 90 kilometres north of Tel Aviv and is the major regional center of northern Israel.
Haifa has several high-tech parks, among them the oldest and largest in the country, an industrial port, and a petroleum refinery. Haifa was formerly the western terminus of an oil pipeline from Iraq via Jordan. The Carmel Mountains have three valleys. For the most part these valleys are undeveloped natural corridors that run up through the city from the coast to the top of the mountain. Marked hiking paths traverse these areas and they provide habitats for wildlife such as wild boar, golden jackals, Egyptian mongoose and chameleons. The broad natural bay between the beautiful Mediterranean Sea and the awe - inspiring Carmel Mountains, give Haifa a rich variety of breathtaking panoramas, giving the observer the sensation of being on a heavenly peninsula.
Visit the Christian sites of Galilee and Nazareth.
Visit the historical sites of Jerusalem and Bethlehem.


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Corbyn isn't a hater, but he still scares
There is no doubt in my mind that Jeremy Corbyn does not hate Jews. I do not think that he would plot mass murder against Jews. He would not object to one of his children marrying a Jew. He's not a Haman or a Himmler or even a Hamas or a Hezbollah. He's not a wicked racist anti-Semite. There is every sign that he's the sort of person who thinks that Jews are just fine people as long as they're not in charge of a country. Jews, in this view, are at their best when they're funny or thoughtful, preferably elderly and secular, ideally left-wing.
UK Labour Party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn talking about his terrorist 'friends' to the BBC, 15 July 2015 (photo: YouTube screen capture)
In this view he is wholly unremarkable in Britain and in Europe. This view is problematical for European Jews, but Corbyn is not himself a dangerous figure because he will not become Prime Minister without a significant change in British politics.
Jeremy Corbyn will, if polling is to be believed, become the Leader of the UK Labour Party at the end of the current shambolic leadership selection process. He was introduced into the process to spice things up, and that he has done.
The three mainstream, electable leadership candidates are a fairly dull lot. They are filled with professionalism. Every one of them has what in UK government is called a 'policy head'. They have spent their careers thinking before speaking and considering their ideas before committing them to paper. Two of them, Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper, were ministers when Labour was in power. Both of them have been First Secretary of the Treasury (a tough job with a lot of power) and they both have solid records of running government departments.
Corbyn, with a career on the back benches, has been free to say what he pleases. This means that he has been able to chair the Stop the War Coalition since 2001. The Stop the War Coalition, which manages to include both Quakers and Islamists, founded to oppose war in Afghanistan, was strongly anti-Israel in its literature from its beginning. He has been able to host Islamists with weak records on human rights. He has had the luxury of not inquiring too deeply about holocaust denial in the group Deir Yassin Remembered while attending their events and making donations. The right-on champagne socialists of Islington have been happy to elect him on this basis for years.
Now, however, he is facing scrutiny for what he's said and done. Based on this scrutiny, even if he is not himself a Jew-hater (and he is by all accounts a sweetie-pie without a hateful bone in his body), he seems to be awfully friendly with Jew-haters.
The appalling Yasmin Alibhai-Brown sought to show that Corbyn associates both with ferocious Jew-haters and with Jews. She defended Corbyn by saying that some of his best friends are Jews. She cited two, one of whom (Mike Marqusee) is dead and one of whom (Ken Loach) isn't Jewish. (The Independent changed the text to substitute Mike Leigh, a film-maker who, like Ken Loach, wants to boycott Israeli cinema, but who unlike Ken Loach is actually a Jew.)
That is, however, neither here nor there. It tells us a lot about Alibhai-Brown, and not a lot about Corbyn. He might have an army of Jewish friends hanging around his kitchen, or he might have none. There are only half a million or so Jews in the United Kingdom, after all, and even a powerfully nice man like Corbyn (and by all accounts he is a lovely man) might not have Yids among his intimates.
Bringing to light his willingness to host outright Jew-haters like Israeli Islamist Raed Salah is considered mudslinging by his defenders. I expect that behind closed doors his supporters blame the Zionist-controlled media. This is, however, no more and no less than the scrutiny that every other politician of national prominence faces.
Corbyn, I expect, has nothing against Jews as individuals. His anti-Semitism, which his defender Yasmin Alibhai-Brown might prefer to call 'anti-Zionism', far more closely represents a strain of European politics, which can be found on the left as well as on the right, happy to call Hezbollah 'friends' as a 'diplomatic' courtesy, but who would never in a million zillion years call a member of the Likud Party a friend. Jews, by the lights of this strain of European politics, probably have undue influence on, especially, the US government; but also on European governments.
The enthusiasm for Corbyn among the Labour faithful is connected to this genteel anti-Semitism. Corbyn rejects New Labour and all its works. Among New Labour's works was a good working relationship with Israel (in spite of the best efforts of some in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office); and a rational, ideology-light approach to achieving security for Israel and equity for Palestinians.
What was New Labour? In the 1990s a movement grew, led by Tony Blair and Peter, now Lord, Mandelson; which changed the Labour Party from a doctrinally muddled socialist party to a doctrinally rather less pure party of fabian social democracy. This movement took control of the party in the early 1990s, won the 1997 general election in a landslide, and governed the United Kingdom until 2010.
What made New Labour electable was its appeal to the centre. Of course it appealed to the centre by having centrist policies, and during what we might in future call 'Labour's Electable Period' the party became very much a party of the left-of-centre rather than the Left.
New Labour also re-drew the picture of the Labour Party to include a very strong civil-libertarian element, wholehearted support of the European Union, support for NATO, and what became a readiness to intervene globally. The UK's interventions in Kosovo (1999) and Sierra Leone (2000) were very much a product of New Labour's Gladstonian liberalism and a continuation of Conservative policy.
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were both regulars at Labour Friends of Israel events. Their socialism was not the socialism of the European Left and its fondness for the romantic and the revolutionary. Though there was no hope of electoral advantage in it, New Labour was at least lukewarm in its support of Israel as a fellow democracy, albeit a democracy with particular security and minority difficulties.
As long as New Labour could win elections, the old Left of the party couldn't challenge it for power.
The Labour Party began rejecting New Labour after Gordon Brown's electoral defeat in 2010. A significant sign of this rejection was the success of Brownite Ed Milliband over his brother the arch-Blairite David Milliband in Labour's 2010 leadership contest. Labour's crushing defeat in Scotland this year at the hands of the Scottish National Party, viewed by the left wing of the party as a result of Labour's centrism, energised the party faithful to seek a leader who was as far from (electorally successful) New Labour as could be.
Jeremy Corbyn is that man. He's a palaeosocialist, as opposed to a social democrat. He is a grammar school boy, not a public school boy (Blair is), not a university graduate (Blair, Brown and Mandelson all are). He comes from an age when Labour had few if any women or minorities in its senior ranks (the influx of women MPs in 1997 were rather dismissively called 'Blair Babes'), and when senior gay figures in the party were firmly closeted. He does not wear the dark, sharp, tailored suits that we saw on New Labour's leaders. He wears a beard, something not seen on a Labour Party chief since the first one, Keir Hardie, who was never Prime Minister.
The most important thing about Corbyn is that because he rejects New Labour's centrism he also gives up New Labour's ability to win the Centre. In the British electoral system that means giving up the possibility of winning uncommitted voters. Corbyn can't win without becoming the very thing he opposes.
British Jews are uneasy, we are told. This is not because they fear that Corbyn will sweep into Downing Street with plans to set up concentration camps. He won't be sweeping into Number Ten without some cataclysm, and the British government is far too good at resisting, when necessary, ministerial whims. British Jews are uneasy because they already self-censor to avoid appearing Zionist. British Jews already feel uneasy about Jew-hatred in the UK, never mind France which is awfully close by. British Jews have for a generation told each other not to congregate outside the synagogue in good weather. British Jews have an itching between their shoulder blades that feels like a target is pasted there.
British Jews, drawn to the Conservative Party by Mrs Thatcher's meritocratic philo-Semitism and support for Israel, driven away from the Liberal Democrats by their right-on anti-Zionism, are now feeling unwelcome in what was once a Jewish party.
So I'm sure that Jeremy Corbyn doesn't hate Jews. I'm happy to see his political party take itself out of contention for government by electing him leader. I also know that his sort of anti-Semitism has its own genteel, well-meaning danger for Jews and many would be happier if he stayed on the back benches.
Dr Lynette Nusbacher is a strategist and devil's advocate. She is a core partner in Nusbacher Associates, a strategy think-tank. She has been a senior national security official in the United Kingdom and was Senior Lecturer in War Studies at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.